Moggy as you are involved with Nissan, any idea why they changed their name from Datsun many moons ago?

From Wiki:
On March 20, 2012, Nissan announced a plan to revive Datsun as a low-cost marque, 31 years after removing it from its line-up. The Japanese carmaker said the brand’s reputation for value and reliability would help it in emerging markets. Datsun models will be sold in Indonesia, Russia and India from 2014. Nissan has not decided where the Datsun-branded cars will be produced, but a spokesman said that it was likely to be in Asia.

It seems they’ll be back in a couple of years…

Just a few from a cracking airshow on Sunderland seafront. Mostly from the Saturday, but a few from the Sunday.

Phwoar!

Was The Eagle pub, Cambridge featured in the film The Battle of Britain?

Is Sally B painted with Memphis Belle on her starboard side?

If RAF had got the TS…. :rolleyes:

I thought the Luftwaffe were the first to use the standard drop tank, on Bf 109Es and Stukas – might be a pre-concieved and ill founded thought though!

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=me109+drop+tanks&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=643&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=8g_HcyRnugSqHM:&imgrefurl=http://warbirdsforum.com/showthread.php%3Ft%3D1906%26page%3D13&docid=Li6E0236xWMDZM&imgurl=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Bilder/Me109/Me109G6-2.jpg&w=453&h=329&ei=cEbzT_26OoXf8APHkuCmCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=96&vpy=193&dur=998&hovh=191&hovw=264&tx=151&ty=102&sig=106504568547178296163&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=176&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:75

Were any Hurricanes ever fitted with a tear drop canopy?

Between 09.35 and 0945 this morning at Boscombe Down I saw a BAC 1-11 parked up wearing this scheme, http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK—Air/British-Aerospace-BAC-111-539GL/0444585/&sid=4fcbae2785db4c3c2075141579ae14f2, what seemed to be an F3 over a GR4 also parked (lighter grey), the rotary wing hangar seemed devoid of helicopters just full of large boxes, a Sea King flew in and landed, almost immediately after this an ETPS Gazelle took off and flew away, a second Sea King appeared in the sky and a Tutor started flying circuits.
An hour later I heard what I first thought was the Harvard but when I went outside and looked saw it was the Basset and then 5 minutes ago I heard a jet take off and fly away but haven’t seen it to know exactly which type.
Phew…! 😀